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Chapter 17
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05/18/2011

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TEN PERCENT PLAN
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LINCOLN'S PLAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION, ALL WHITE SOUTHERNERS RECEIVE AMNESTY BUT FORMER CON. LEADERS
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RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION
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A TIME PERIOD WHEN REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS EASILY OVERRODE JOHNSON'S VETOES AND TOOK CHARGE OF RECONSTRUCTION
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FREEDMANS BUREAU
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HELPED AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE SOUTHERN MANY WAYS ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION
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JOHN WILKES BOOTH
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ACTOR WHO ASSASSINATED ABE LINCOLN
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RESTORATION
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JOHNSON'S PLAN FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE SOUTH
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13TH AMENDMENT
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ABOLISHES SLAVERY IN THE US AND SOUTHERN STATES HAD TO RATIFY IT BEFORE BEING ALLOWED TO COME BACK INTO THE UNION
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14TH AMENDMENT
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GRANTS FULL CITIZENSHIP TO ALL INDIVIDUALS BORN IN THE US AND SAYS THAT NO STATES CAN TAKE AWAY ANY CITIZENS LIFE LIBERTY AND PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW
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ANDREW JOHNSON AND IMPEACHMENT
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PRESIDENT WHO TAKES OVER AFTER LINCOLN WHO VIOLATED THE TENURE OF OFFICE AND WAS ALMOST IMPEACHED
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15TH AMENDMENT
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GIVES BLACK MALES THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN THE US
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HIRAM REVELS
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FORMER MINISTER AND AFRICAN AMERICAN SENATOR
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BLANCH K. BRUCE
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FORMER RUNAWAY SLAVE,SCHOOL SUPPER INTENDANT AND AFRICAN AMERICAN SENATOR
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SHARECROPPING
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MOST COMMON FORM OF FARM WORK FOR PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH AFTER CIVIL WAR.
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BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
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3 DAY WAR, HAPPENED ON ACCIDENT WHEN THE CON. ARMY WAS LOOKING FOR SHOES. TURNING POINT IN WAR
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VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN
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GRANT CAPTURED THE CITY OF VICKSBURG TO GAIN FULL CONTROL OF MISS R. A UNION VICTORY
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GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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A SPEECH GIVEN BY LINCOLN TO DEDICATE A CEMETERY TO EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF THE WAR
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WILLIAM T. SHERMAN
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UNION GENERAL WHO MARCHED FROM ATLANTA TO SAVANNAH AND RAGED TOTAL WAR AND THIS HELPED LINCOLN GET RE ELCETED
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SURRENDER AT APPOMATEX COURT HOUS
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CIVIL WAR ENDED WHEN GEN. LEE SURRENDERED TO GEN. GRANT AT THE APPOMATEX COURT HOUSE AND THE SURRENDER CONDITIONS WEREN'T HARSH
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ROBERT E. LEE
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HEAD CON. GENERAL, LINCOLNS FIRST CHOICE. HIS DEFEAT AT GETTYSBURG IS THE TURNING POINT IN THE WAR. HE SURRENDERS TO GRANT AT THE APPOMATEX COURT HOUSE
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ULYSSES S. GRANT
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U. GENERAL WHO CAPTURES FT.HENRY AND DONELSON AND CALLS FOR UNCONDITONAL SURRENDER.(US) BATTLES IN SHILOH VICKSBURG AND LINCOLN MAKES HIM HEAD OF ALL UNION ARMY AND DEVISES A STRATEGY TO WIN THE WAR. HE GIVES GOOD TERMS TO LEES SURRENDER
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GEORGE MCCLELAN
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GEN OF ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, HESITATED IN TAKING RICHMOND AND DESTROYING LEE AT BATTLE OF ANTIETAM, LET GO BY LINCOLN. AND HE RUNS AGAINST LINCOLN IN THE ELECTION OF 1864 ON PEACE PLATFORM
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IRVIN MCDOWEEL
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GEN WHO LOST AT THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN(MANASSAS)UNION
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PGT BEAUREGARD
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CON. GENERAL WHO FOUGHT IN SHILOH AND MANASSAS,FT. SUMTER
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BATTLE OF SHILOH
Definition
2 DAY BATTLE AND THE UNION THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA CAPTURE CORINTH AND TRY AND CONTROL THE MISS R. 20000 CASUALTIES AND THE COSTLIEST BATTLE OF THE WAR
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BATTLE OF ANTIETAM
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SINGLE BLOODIEST DAY, WITH 23000 CASUALTIES. SOUTH WANTED TO INVADE NORTH TO GAIN VICTORY AND AID FROM FRANCE AND GREAT BRITIAN UNION VICTORY
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WAR PLANS OF THE UNION
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NORTH WANTED TO BLOCAKDE SOUTHERN PORTS, GAIN CONTROL OF MISS R. TO SPLIT THE SOUTH IN 2 AND CAPTURE THE CAPITAL RICHMOND
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WAR PLANS OF THE CONFEDERACY
Definition
DEFENSIVE STRATEGY IN HOPES O GETTING RECOGNIZED AND GETTING AIDE FROM GREAT BRITIAN AND FRANDE . THE ONLY OFFENSIVE STRATEGY WAS TO INVADE THE NORTH TO SHOW THE NORTH THEY COULDNT WIN
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EMANCIPATON PROCLOMATION
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PROCLAIMED AFTER ANTIETAM VICTORY. LINCOLN ISSUES IT TO FREE SLAVES IN THE REBELLING CONFEDERACY . ENCOURAGED SLAVES TO RUN AWAY IN THE SOUTH WHICH HURT CON. WAR EFFORTS
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HENRY CLAY
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SPEAKER OF HOUSE FROMM KY PROPOSED MISSOURI COMPROMISE
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JOHN C. CALHOUN
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FROM SC GIVES COUNTER PROPOSAL TO WILMOT PROVISIO
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STEPHEN DOUGLAS
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AFTER 7 MONTHS OF DEBATE, HE PROPOSES THE TERMS OF THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 THAT BE MADE INTO 5 SEPERATE ISSUES
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DANIEL WEBSTER
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FROM MASS. MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS TO PRESERVE THE UNION
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MISSOURI COMPROMISE
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1820 KEPT BALANCE OF POWER IN SENATE,MISSOURI SLAVE, MAINE FREE, BOUNDARY LAT 36 30
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WILMOT PROVISIO
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DAVID WILMOT PROHIBITS LAND AQUIRED IN MEX AMERICAN WAR FROM HAVING SLAVERY
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FREE SOIL PARTY
Definition
FOUNDED BECAUSE OF WILMOT PROVISIO. TOOK A STAND ON SLAVERY AND SAID IT SHULD NOT BE IN NEW TERRITORIES
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COMPROMISE OF 1850
Definition
CA ADMITTED AS FREE,SLAVERY ALLOWED IN NM TERRITORY, BORDER DISPUTE BETWEEN TEXAS AND NM GOES TO NM, SLAVE TRADE BANNED IN DC, FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW MADE HARSHER
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FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT
Definition
2850 LAW REQUIRED THAT CITIZENS CATCH RUNAWAY SLAVES. IF YOU AIDE A RUNAWAY SLAVE YOU COULD BE FINED OR ARRESTED
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KANSAS NEBRASKA ACT
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1854, STEPHEN DOUGLAS SAYS DISCARD THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE FOR POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
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ELECTION OF 1860
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SLVERY ISSUES CAUSE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO SPLIT
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STPHEN DOUGLAS
Definition
N. DEMOCRAT "POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY"
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JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE
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S. DEM SUPPORTED DRED SCOTT CASE
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ABE LINCOLN
Definition
REPUBLICAN PARTY SLAVERY SHOULD BE LEFT UNDISTURBED WHERE IT IS BUT SHOULD NOT GO INTO NEW TERRITORIES. LINCOLN WAS ELECTED
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JOHN BELL
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CONSTITUTIONAL UNION PARTY, NO POSITION ON SLAVERY
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WILLIAM LLYOD GARRISON
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WHITE ABOLITIONIST WHO WAS ANTI SLAVERY LIBERATOR NEWSPAPER, NEW ENGLAND ANTI SLAVERY SOCIETY
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FREDRICK DOUGLAS
Definition
ESCAPED RUNAWAY SLAVE WHO GAVE ANTI SLAVERY SPEECHES BECOMES EDUCATED AND WRITES THE NORTH STAR NEWSPAPER
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SOJOURNER TRUTH
Definition
ESCAPED SLAVE WORKS AS A ABOLITIONIST AND LATER WOMENS RIGHTS
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HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
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WRITES UNCLE TOMS CABIN
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UNDER GROUND RAIL ROAD
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SECRET ORGANIZATION THAT HELPED ESCAPED SLAVES MMOVE NORTH TO FREEDOM BY MEANS OF ROUTES AND HIDING PLACES
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